Rotary Club of Northlakes Toukley In Touch August 2014 | Page 9

CELEBRATE MEMBERSHIP MONTH
August is Membership Month, which means it’s time to celebrate your Rotary club, your members, and the
good you do in your community and around the world.

There are many ways to join in the celebration, but here are a few activities to get you started:
● Say it loud, say it proud! Let everyone in your social network know that you are a proud member by
changing your Twitter and Facebook profile to the I’m a Proud Member, I’m a Proud Rotaractor, or I’m
a Proud Interactor graphic. Copy and save the graphic as your profile picture for August.
● Exchange ideas. Do you have successful membership strategies that have worked well in your community? Share them on the Membership Best Practices Discussion Group.
● We Are Rotary. Using the hashtag #WeAreRotary, post photos to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Vine
of your club members at work in your community or abroad to show how Rotary makes a positive
impact in the world.
● It’s Now or Never. Join us on August 13 at 10:00 Chicago time (UTC-5) for our Membership: It’s Now
or Never webinar. It will feature international membership expert Nikki Walker discussing innovative
ways of thinking about membership.
● Making a difference. Rotary clubs are known for the high-impact service projects they undertake
locally and globally. Share stories about your service projects and how they improve lives on Rotary
Showcase. Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to see what Rotary members
around the world are doing to celebrate Membership Month.
● What does Rotary mean to you? Rotary members have pushed polio to the brink of eradication,
delivered clean water to those in need, improved their local communities, provided scholarships to the
next generation of peacemakers, and continued to do good in the world.

Weird Facts:
● Butterflies taste with their feet.
● In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.
● On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
● Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
● It's possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
● Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
● It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
● A snail can sleep for three years..
● No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."
● Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. SCARY!!!
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